Factors controlling air quality in different European subway systems

Environmental Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-46

  Martins, Vânia ^a,b   Moreno, Teresa ^a   Mendes, Luís ^c,d   Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos ^c   Diapouli, Evangelia ^c   Alves, Célia A ^e   Duarte, Márcio ^e   de Miguel, Eladio ^f   Capdevila, Marta ^f   Querol, Xavier ^a   Minguillón, María Cruz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^f Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Commuting; Exposure; PM2.5; Subway stations; Trains

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METRO SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SOUTHERN EUROPEAN; VENTILATOR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; GREECE; PORTO [PORTO (DST)]; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; RAILROADS; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84950255013     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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